- #1 Rising World
97% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Voxel 16% ★, Mining 9.7% ★, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a smooth voxel environment that emphasizes realistic building and exploration, closely mirroring the core experience of Astral Terra.
- #2 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Open World 23.5%, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a sophisticated voxel-based building system paired with deep RPG progression and survival elements in a vast, open world.
- #3 Planet Explorers
96% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Sandbox 13%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 7.8%, Crafting 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural open-world game that blends voxel-based crafting and building with a strong focus on RPG quests and adventure.
- #4 Boundless
95% matchMixed70% of 2,767 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Voxel 16.3% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox MMO that focuses on exploration, building, and crafting across diverse, procedurally generated worlds.
- #5 Creativerse
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Voxel 16.3% ★, Sandbox 8.9%, Open World 8.4%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant voxel sandbox that emphasizes creative building and exploration within a persistent, procedurally generated world.
- #6 7 Days to Die
93% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Voxel 16.5% ★, Survival 13.9%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based terrain destruction and building with robust RPG skill systems and intense survival gameplay.
- #7 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Voxel 16.2% ★, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural galaxy exploration, voxel-based ship and base building, and survival mechanics with RPG elements.
- #8 TerraTech
92% matchVery Positive91% of 24,617 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 12.7%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses voxel-based building to create custom vehicles and bases, focusing on sandbox exploration and combat.
- #9 ASTRONEER
91% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Open World 13%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on voxel-based terrain deformation and exploration, emphasizing creative base building and resource management.
- #10 Valheim
91% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.6%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: While not strictly voxel, it offers a similar loop of survival, base building, and RPG progression in a procedurally generated world.
- #11 Terraria
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 10%, Crafting 7%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D voxel-based survival game that excels at blending building, crafting, and deep RPG progression.
- #12 Necesse
88% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 8.3%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival sandbox that blends RPG progression, base building, and procedural world exploration.
- #13 Solace Crafting
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive, procedurally generated world with a heavy emphasis on crafting, survival, and RPG character development.
- #14 Cube World
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,707 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Voxel 28.3% ★, Open World 21%, Sandbox 6.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%, RPG 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based exploration RPG that focuses on adventure, character classes, and discovering a procedurally generated world.
- #15 No Man's Sky
87% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Open World 15.8%, Survival 9.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an infinite, procedurally generated universe with deep survival, base building, and RPG-like progression systems.
- #16 Space Engineers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.4%, Open World 19.9%, Survival 18.5%, Building 16.5%, Co-op 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A complex voxel-based engineering game that allows for detailed construction of ships and bases in a survival-focused environment.
- #17 V Rising
84% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base building with a strong isometric action-RPG combat system.
- #18 Total Miner
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 767 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Voxel 14.1% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 7.9%, Survival 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic voxel sandbox that provides a straightforward experience focused on mining, building, and survival.
- #19 Force of Nature
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that integrates RPG elements, crafting, and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #20 Conan Exiles Enhanced
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 13.9%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that features extensive base building and RPG mechanics set in a harsh, open-world environment.
- #21 Blockscape
85% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 8.1%, Survival 6.9%, Building 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel sandbox that emphasizes high-fidelity terrain generation and creative building tools.
- #22 Realms of Magic
82% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.5% ★, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, RPG 6.8%, Survival 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox RPG that offers deep character customization and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #23 ARK: Survival Ascended
81% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Open World 21.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep survival experience with extensive building, creature taming, and RPG-style character leveling.
- #24 Omega Crafter
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Open World 12%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and building with automation mechanics, allowing players to build bases and explore a vast world.
- #25 Grounded
80% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a focus on base building and exploration, featuring a unique perspective and RPG-like progression.
- #26 Re.poly
82% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on building and exploration within a sandbox environment.
- #27 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 11.5%, Building 11.1%, Survival 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game where building and crafting have long-term impacts on the world's ecosystem.
- #28 Tinkerlands
76% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 7%
- #29 TerraTech Worlds
77% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 10.1%, Mining 9.5% ★, Survival 9.4%
- #30 Subsistence
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and resource management against challenging AI threats.
- #31 Medieval Engineers
79% matchMixed52% of 7,297 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Building 20%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on voxel-based construction and structural integrity, perfect for players who enjoy the building aspect of Astral Terra.
- #32 Lay of the Land
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 971 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Voxel 25.2% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 8%, Building 7.7%
- #33 Alchemist's Awakening
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 497 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #34 Cubic Odyssey
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 11%, Co-op 5.6%, RPG 5.5%
- #35 Core Keeper
73% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 10.3%, Building 8.4%
- #36 Crea
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 5.7%
- #37 Shamania
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Open World 12.9%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #38 Len's Island
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 9.7%
- #39 Signs of Life
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 6.1%
- #40 GRAV
75% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 6.8%
- #41 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 9.3%, Building 8.9%
- #42 Crafting Block World
74% matchMixed47% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Voxel 27.2% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 12.6%, Mining 9.9% ★, Open World 8.8%
- #43 Star Crafter
70% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Voxel 14.3% ★, Mining 11.4% ★, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 7.4%
- #44 Planetaries
70% matchMixed58% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 8.7%
- #45 Adventure Craft
72% matchVery Positive82% of 225 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Mining 11.7% ★, Open World 11.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #46 Block Story™
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,006 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Voxel 15.2% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 9%, Survival 7.8%
- #47 Novus Inceptio
73% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 8.6%
- #48 Voxile
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: VoxRay Games, Inc.
Windows
Quest, craft, loot, build, destroy, and shoot your way through gorgeous voxel islands! Encounter mutated wildlife, discover secrets, and find out what went wrong in both pre-designed adventure and procedural survival worlds. Play in Early Access today--alone or with friends!
Why similar: Voxel 25.1% ★, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.5%
- #49 Dig or Die
69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 9%, Open World 8.3%
- #50 Nightingale
67% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 11.4%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.2%
- #51 Portal Knights
69% matchVery Positive83% of 22,235 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Survival 14.3%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Voxel 8.5% ★
- #52 Planet Centauri
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Mining 16.2% ★, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.2%
- #53 Ars Notoria
67% matchMixed63% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #54 Everwind
65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Open World 15.7%, Sandbox 15%, Survival 14.3%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.8%
- #55 Dark and Light
70% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Open World 18.4%, Survival 16.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, RPG 5.7%
- #56 Lost Existence
68% matchMixed70% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Lurid Spectre Games
Windows
Explore vast, forgotten lands, cryptic abandoned ruins, and mysterious caverns, in this open-world voxel action-RPG. Create your own uniquely crafted class. Build multiplayer dungeon, PvP, or siege experiences. Run, vault, and leap effortlessly across endless wilderness, or delve deep underground.
Why similar: Voxel 26.6% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, RPG 12%, Building 10.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #57 Voidtrain
63% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 10%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 7.2%
- #58 Fragmented
69% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 7.1%, Crafting 5.7%
- #59 Eden Crafters
62% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.4%
